Upcoming Seminars
Nov. 6th, 3:30 PM
Seminar presented by Simon DuLarge state space and long planning horizon are two major challenges in reinforcement learning. Modern reinforcement learning algorithms use function approximation to deal with large state space. In the first part of the talk, I will present exponential…
Nov. 12th, 3:30 PM
Seminar presented by Jon A WellnerThe regression model for censored survival data proposed by D. R. Cox (1972) stimulated research in survival analysis and statistical theory more generally. The particular semiparametric relative risk model which Cox developed has been generalized,…
Faculty Searches
Assistant Professor
Applications are invited for two Full-Time Tenure-Track Assistant Professor positions in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington. Each appointment is for a full time position with a 9-month service period (September 16 - June 15) and an anticipated start date of September 2021. We encourage applicants whose interests align with our commitment to fostering diversity and inclusivity to apply. All UW faculty engage in teaching, research, and service.
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Acting Assistant Professor
Applications are invited for a non-tenure track Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington. This is a full time position with a 9-month service period (September 16 - June 15) and an anticipated start date of September 2021.
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Technical Reports
Smoking is one of the main risk factors that has affected human mortality and life expectancy over the past century. Smoking accounts for a large part of the nonlinearities in the growth of life…
Hotelling’s T2 - test for the mean of a multivariate normal distribution is one of the triumphs of classical multivariate analysis. It is uniformly most powerful among invariant tests,…
Sea ice, or frozen ocean water, annually freezes and melts in the Arctic. The need for accu- rate forecasts of where sea ice will be located weeks to months in advance has increased as the amount…
Recent News
We invite you to join us for a virtual conversation and Q&A with current Statistics Ph.D. students at the University of Washington (UW) on Monday, November 9, 2020 at 4:00 PM (PST).
We will be…
Elena Erosheva (UW Professor of Statistics and Social Work) and Sheridan Grant (UW Statistics Ph.D. student) have co-authored with Carole Lee (UW Professor of Philosophy) a Correspondence featured on…
Congratulations to Adrian Dobra, Emily Fox, and Sham Kakade, core faculty members in the Department of Statistics who received promotions to new appointments, effective September 16, 2020.
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